The song 'Pas gentille' was first recorded by Françoise Hardy in 1964. Based on Marty Wilde's 'Bad boy', she translate...

Every once in a while I buy a single not for the A-side, but for the B-side. This is a good example. Marie Rottrová's 1983 single ...

The last time I saw Marty Wilde live - which, I'm ashamed to say, is almost ten years ago now! - it was his song 'Jezebel' tha...

If you hear the name Misty, you might think of a middle-aged sultry female singer, but in fact it was a duo consisting of Mark Eden and Mic...

This is probably the most mysterious single I've ever bought. It didn't come with a sleeve, so all I have is the disc and the info...

I already bought Io senza te by Peter Sue & Marc at the end of 2009 as part of a big stack of Eurovision singles. The B-side of that ...

Ordering online can be a treat sometimes, especially when you're able to combine things and get a few interesting singles together. I ...

Having a complete Kim Wilde collection also includes many cover versions. Through the years I have been able to identify over 250 cover ve...

Keith Potger was a member of the Seekers, as the sleeve of his first solo single proclaims. The band had some success during the Sixties, ...

I wasn't really planning on spending a lot of money on a single called 'Do the Bartman', despite the fact that I have an impre...

Beautiful Boy was founded by Singer Dane Etteridge, who began writing and demoing a handful of songs with the intention of starting a new ...

Princess Stephanie from Monaco appeared on this blog before with singles from her debut album, released in 1986. It was a rather successfu...

On the day of the dramatic outcome of the British referendum about the EU and proof that democracy does not always work well, I thought it...

Habibi represented Israel during the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Layla'. The band consisted of: Shlomit Aharon, Ki...

I remember the song 'Radio's on' by Promises best for a home-made remix of Queen's 'Radio gaga' which was played o...

Just like I am the beat , The Look's 'Tonight' is a song I know well from my childhood. Finding the single has proved a little...

Such was the success of the song 'Dschinghis Khan' at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, that the German band decided to also recor...

Although 2016 has confronted us with morality in a big way - with David Bowie, Prince and several other big names in music departing - las...

Princess Stephanie from Monaco made a name for herself as a singer with the 1986 hit 'Ouragan' / 'Irresistible', and on th...

If you look at the list of singles by Michael Jackson on this blog, it's hard to believe that I haven't got them all already. But ...